Thomas Randele, whose real name was Ted Conrad, told his wife and daughter his secret in a 'deathbed confession'
BOSTON -- Just before Thomas Randele died, his wife of nearly 40 years asked his golfing buddies and his co-workers from the dealerships where he sold cars to come by their home.
In this photo provided by Bob Van Wert, Tom Randele, whose real name according to authorities is Ted Conrad, tends to golf clubs, in September 2012, in Ayer, Mass.How he was able to leave behind one family and create a new life - while evading a father and son from the U.S. Marshals Service who never gave up their hunt - is just now being pieced together.
In one letter, he mistakenly thought he could return in seven years when the statute of limitations expired. But once he was indicted, that was no longer true. The problem was that Conrad's head start allowed him to disappear, and he was disciplined enough not to make any missteps. The last credible sighting came in October 1969, when a Cleveland couple visiting Hawaii met a man they later realized looked very much like Conrad.
Investigators believe he was inspired by the 1968 movie"The Thomas Crown Affair," about a bank executive who got away with $2.6 million and turned the heist into a game. During the 1970s, Randele worked as an assistant golf pro, giving lessons at a country club outside Boston and later becoming its manager. He spent a few winters golfing in Florida, according to his obituary.Tom Randele, whose real name according to authorities is Ted Conrad, stands at an entrance to the 2018 U.S. Open Golf Tournament at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, in Southampton, N.Y.
He never shied away from anyone on the golf course or in the auto showrooms where he'd keep a set of clubs and swing his 7-iron when sales were slow. They remembered he could always control his emotions and rarely got upset, even on the course, where he had such a pretty swing that he once bested Hall of Fame golfer Johnny Miller at a charity event, his former boss remembered.
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